SEPANG: Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein praised the pilot of a troubled Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight that made a safe emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) early Monday, saying he had discharged his duty in a professional manner. “The pa …
Read More »Mourners line streets and escort cortege to crematorium
GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of people converged at the Dewan Sri Pinang in Light Street here to pay their last respects to former DAP national chairman Karpal Singh who died on Thursday. Mourners also lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Karpal’s cortege leaving the building to the Batu Gantong cremat …
Read More »Study: Schoolchildren picking up habit from peers and parents
PETALING JAYA: With the 2014 FIFA World Cup set to kick off in less than two months, there are worries over the amount of money to be lost in bets placed by youths and children. A study by Gamblers Rehab Centre (GRC) Malaysia showed that 93% of the 600 primary schoolchildren surveyed gambled. Most o …
Read More »Battle for No. 2 post hots up
The temperature is rising in the contest for the PKR deputy president post which is the most intense and aggressive in the history of the party. REPORTERS rushed to the PKR headquarters on Wednesday when they heard that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was having a press conference. They thought he would an …
Read More »A matter of principle
No one could stop Karpal Singh from speaking up on what he believed in. He did not care if he was taking on the prime minister or even a sultan. He had taken on all of them. SOME time in the middle of last year, I received a phone call from Karpal Singh. He offered to appear as a witness in support …
Read More »Karpal Singh’s final journey, thousands bid farewell
GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of people lined the streets of Penang to send off the hearse carrying Karpal Singh on his last journey. The casket, bearing the body of the “Tiger of Jelutong”, was draped with a carpet with an image of a Tiger before it was carried out from the Dewan Sri Pinang on Sunday. Sh …
Read More »28 onboard rushed to hospital after accident
KUANTAN: An express bus that was on its way to Kuala Lumpur flipped over on the East Coast Expressway, leaving scores of passengers injured. Temerloh OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh said the driver was believed to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to hit the road divider on the right bef …
Read More »Karpal Singh: Photo Gallery
Published: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:30:00 AMUpdated: Sunday April 20, 2014 MYT 9:49:23 AM The Star Online pays tribute to prominent Malaysian politician Karpal Singh with a gallery of pictures of him. Photo Gallery 1
Read More »Karpal, my hometown hero
The maverick lawyer took on the role of Big Brother to local journalists, protecting us from powerful local figures who tried to intimidate us. I FIRST heard about Karpal Singh when I was still in school in Penang. It was around the time Star Wars hit the cinemas in the late 1970s. Karpal Singh had …
Read More »Hishammuddin: Review of operations likely after this 48-hour stretch
KUALA LUMPUR: The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in a narrowed area has entered a crucial 48-hour period ending today, which could lead to a review of operations. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said: “It is at a crucial juncture as the Joi …
Read More »Karpal Singh: Cortege to leave 45 minutes earlier
GEORGE TOWN: The time for public to pay their last respect at the funeral of Karpal Singh in Dewan Sri Pinang has been changed as cortege will leave Karpal’s house in Jalan Utama on Sunday at 7.30am. The cortege is expected to arrive at Dewan Sri Pinang at 7.45am, said Penang DAP chairman Chow Kon …
Read More »Najib, Obama and Legacy 370
Is it possible that we are witnessing an age foreseen by the Old Testament prophet Isaiah? PRESIDENT Barack Obama and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak have no shortage of subjects to discuss when the American president comes to Malaysia. Much has already been written about this first visit …
Read More »Public contributions for Kuantan school collected by MCA at fund-raising dinner
KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese independent school SM Chong Hwa Kuantan has received RM525,000 boost of public contributions collected by MCA at a recent fund-raising dinner. MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the amount given to the school was out of the RM1.45mil collected at the dinner organised …
Read More »Cop spots housewife passing tobacco to man accused of drug trafficking
BALIK PULAU: A housewife has been arrested for passing rolled tobacco believed to contain heroin to her son at a magistrate’s courtroom here. The 56-year-old woman’s son is facing a drug trafficking charge and she was spotted by a court policeman handing over the rolled tobacco to her 35-year-old so …
Read More »Former police chief recalls fond memories
KUALA LUMPUR: One of the country’s former top cops was asked to kick the late Karpal Singh out of the Penang State Assembly after he was suspended in 1981. He ended up walking arm-in-arm with Karpal out of the building past a large number of policemen in riot gear. The policemen saluted the lawyer. …
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